Interactive Data Management Concerning the Lighting System in a Building: A Virtual Reality Application Sampaio Alcínia Zita1,*, Ferreira Miguel M.1,**, Rosário Daniel P.1,*** 1Dep. Civil Engineering and Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, Lisbon, Portugal *zita@civil.ist.utl.pt
**m_mferreira@hotmail.com
***derosario@gmail.com
Abstract The main aim of the research project, which is in progress at the UTL, is to develop a virtual interactive model as a tool to support decision-making in the planning of construction maintenance and facilities management. The virtual model gives the capacity to allow the user to transmit, visually and interactively, information related to the components of a building, defined as a function of the time variable. In addition, the analysis of solutions for repair work/substitution and inherent cost are predicted, the results being obtained interactively and visualized in the virtual environment itself. The first component of the virtual prototype concerns the management of lamps in a lighting system. It was applied in a study case. The interactive application allows the examination of the physical model, visualizing, for each element modeled in 3D and linked to a database, the corresponding technical information concerned with the wear and tear aspects of the material, calculated for different points in time during their life. The control of a lamp stock, the constant updating of lifetime information and the planning of periodical local inspections are attended on the prototype. Top Keywords 3D virtual world environments, Virtual reality, Building maintenance, Lighting system. Top |